Forgiving the Debt of the Poor
The Christian duty to provide for the poor and the needy is conditioned only by our own capabilities. Whether the poor person “deserves” to be
The Christian duty to provide for the poor and the needy is conditioned only by our own capabilities. Whether the poor person “deserves” to be
A consulting group’s report to its school board client refers to “systemic familialism.” They use this term to refer negatively to a standard definition of
Let us begin with the premise that the issue of the right to have an abortion is of sufficient importance to society that a responsible
The recent mass shootings, especially by teenagers as the active shooters, have raised many questions. What is going on, what are the causes, and what
As we move toward upcoming elections, we will be bombarded once again with political ads, and I suspect that, once again, we will see politicians
In 2018, Notre Dame University’s Church Life Journal published an article criticizing mainstream feminism’s twin pillars of abortion-on-demand and sexual autonomy. The author, Abigail Favale,
Last year, my niece, a civilian nuclear engineer doing work for the Navy, contacted me with questions about how she might go about preparing a
The oldest institution on the planet, the family, is being betrayed. To understand this woke, trendy betrayal, let’s do a little Lenten reflection and consider
When I was young there was a popular poster that stated “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” These days we call
In the 5th Century AD, a teenager named Patrick was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. Though he escaped, Patrick returned decades later as
With the abortion-tainted vaccine debate, we have seen a fair amount of coverage on the topic of remote evil. We have been advised, by means
The meme shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson alongside a recent picture of a black man dressed in similar clothes, claiming that “it should tell
Let’s face it, when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine there are those who are for it and those who are against it. No one
Over the last two years, all of us witnessed politicians trying to out-do each other with respect to safety. Keeping everyone safe from a microscopic
The proprietor of a restaurant in Seaside, New Jersey, recently took to flying a “F*** Joe Biden” flag. Apparently, this step was not meant to
By Michael Vance One has to wonder what’s wrong with some of our Catholic prelates these days. Instead of trying to save souls they seem
There is a quote attributed to G.K. Chesterton: “When a man stops believing in God, he doesn’t then believe in nothing, he believes in anything”.
“Whoever deters souls from frequent Communion is doing the work of the devil.” Thus says St. John of Avila, as quoted by St. Alphonsus Liguori.
Way back in 1208 AD, St. Dominic was having trouble overcoming the Albigensian heresy. Those who promoted it were Gnostics who denied that Jesus
In “Truth, Unrealism, and the Danger of Skepticism,” I argued that Cartesian skepticism poses a threat not only to science but also to knowledge through
It appears that many American bishops think that the way to deal with the scandal of giving communion to Catholic pro-abortion politicians is to be
I came across a feature story in one of our leading newspapers detailing how Filipinos can get started with another 500 years of Christianity. It